Radio DJ Nikki Hayes revealed she gave up drinking after suffering from an acute mental breakdown last year.

The Spin 1038 presenter is happier after ditching booze and said she was “pathetic” after she had a few.

The 37-year-old added: “I gave up last August after being hospitalised for an acute mental breakdown, reports the Irish Mirror.

“With medication I was taking alcohol was a no-no.

“I could take it but it would put me on such a downer it wasn’t worth it.

“So since then I’ve never been tempted to drink anymore. If I do I will feel physically very sick.” The DJ, from Bray, Co Wicklow, spoke candidly in the past about her battles with depression and anorexia.

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After suffering from a breakdown in August 2015 she spent five weeks in a psychiatric ward and was diagnosed with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder.

Nikki, who has a young daughter Farah with her husband Frank, says she won’t miss alcohol this Christmas and cringes when she thinks about her old partying ways.

She added: “I was such a party girl for so long that now when I say I don’t drink the first reaction I get is a laugh out loud. No one believes me.

“I find I’m hypersensitive to how pathetic I acted when I did drink. Some people can’t handle their drink so when they do have a few they become completely different people. The quiet girl in the office suddenly becomes the girl flashing her boobs to her boss.

“Guys revert to being age six again, climbing on top of bus stops, and couples start arguing over nothing. Without drinking I’m a much nicer social partner...

“I am definitely seeing how wild I was in my drinking days which means by not drinking I’m saving some dignity this year and I think that’s pretty priceless.”

“Work then drinks is standard, so it’s gone from drinking at special occasions like Christmas to all of the time. I now worry about how blasé we are about our drinking habits.” Nikki has also opened up about her terrifying mental breakdown.

She said earlier this year: “Frank was at a rugby match and I was in the kitchen on my own, after having put Farah to bed.

“I went to the fridge to get milk for tea and couldn’t figure out how to open it. I started roaring crying. I was distraught and rang Frank to come home.

“The ambulance came and I was in the psychiatric ward for five weeks.”

She added: “I have EUPD and that basically means your hormones are unregulated.

“You go to extremes on everything and give yourself anxiety because you’re overthinking everything. It’s in the same family as bipolar.”